Cerys Egypt Project
Published on Oct 02, 2019
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A civilization of ancient north Africa. The population lives along the river Nile.
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A successful civilization because the people could predict the flooding and therefore controlled irrigation and produce excess crops.
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So they developed their own writing system called hieroglyphics. They had a system of mathematics and medicine and had religious beliefs.
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The most well known pyramids are the pyramids of Giza. however, the oldest pyramid is the step pyramid of King Djoser in Saqqara. It was built around 2,500 BC which makes them 4,500 years old.
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The pyramids were for life after death as the Egyptians believed that there was a second life. So when the Pharaoh died his body was mummified at the foot of the temple at the pyramid.
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He was then buried in a sucofocus inside the pyramids with mountains of treasure, weapons, food and wine, mummified animals and a lot of other things.
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The great Sphinx of Giza is made out of limestone. This statue is the oldest in Egypt. It is a mythical creature as it has a body of a lion and the head of the pharaoh Khafre.
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The original shape of the Sphinx has been restored with layers of blocks and it measures 73m long from paw to tail, 20m high from base to the top of the head and 19m wide at its rear haunches.
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Ancient Egypt was not all about pyramids and pharaohs. If there is one thing that made their civilisation tick it was a water device known as the Nilometer. The Nilometer measured the changing level of the Nile.
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Each year, when the river Nile flooded, the maximum height the water reached meant the Egyptians could predict how well their crops would grow. More grain meant more money for the farmers.
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Hieroglyphics was a formal writing system that had around 1,000 different characters. It was written on papyrus or wood. It was used for religious purposes and telling stories about historical events through pictures and sounds.
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The meaning of the hieroglyphics was lost for many thousands of years. They discovered the meaning with the help of the Rosetta Stone found in 1799.
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In conclusion, Ancient Egypt was a very successful civilization because they could predict the flooding of the Nile and produce excess crops, build amazing pyramids and statues and record their history using hieroglyphics.
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